Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Learn How To Make Sunday Sauce Gravy alla Clemenza

CLEMENZA TEACHES MICHAEL

HOW To MAKE MOB WAR SUNDAY SAUCE 
alla CLEMENZA

CORLEONE STYLE




Richard Castellano

and AL PACINO
in
Francis Ford Coppola's

The GODFATHER

Adapted from Mario Puzo's Novel


“Hey come over here kid. Learn something. You never know when you’re gonna have to cook for 20 guys some day. You see, you start out with a little oil. Then you fry some garlic. Then you throw in some tomatoes, tomato paste, you fry it, you make sure it doesn’t stick. You get it to a boil. You Shove in your Sausage and Meatballs, Hey? Add a bit of Wine, a little sugar, you see? And that’s my trick.”

                   Peter Clemenza,
               ….. The Godfather







The INGREDIENTS



From My Latest SUNDAY SAUCE

Braciole
Sausages
Garlic
Onion
Pork Neck
Ground Beef
(Not Pictured)
San Marzano Tomatoes

Barbi Brunello
To Drink with Dinner





LEARN HOW to MAKE

CLEMENZA'S MOB WAR

GODFATHER SUNDAY SAUCE








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Saturday, February 22, 2014

An ANONYMOUS VENETIAN

 
VENICE





ANONYMOUS VENETIAN
 
Starring
 
TONY MUSANTE
 
and
 
FLORINDA BOLKAN
 
 
 
 


Tony Musante and Florinda Balkan walk a Venetian Fondamenta
 
Venice , Italy
 
 
in The Anonymous Venetian
 
 
 
 
Anonimo Veneziano (English: The Anonymous Venetian) is an award-winning 1970 Italian drama film written and directed by the famous Italian actor Enrico Maria Salerno in his debut as a film director. It starred American actor Tony Musante and Brazilian actress Florinda Bolkan .
The film is especially notable for its romantic musical score, composed by Stelvio Cipriani. In the movie's musical score there is also an Adagio, erroneously attributed to the Baroque Venetian composer Benedetto Marcello (31 July or 1 August 1686 – 24 July 1739). In reality, the author of the D concerto for oboe and orchestra was his older brother Alessandro (1 February 1673–19 June 1747). In 1970, Frida Boccara recorded the song "Venise Va Mourir", the main theme of the film.
 
FILM PLOT
 
A Venetian musician is affected by an incurable disease. He arranges to meet his wife, who is now living with another man in another city, but does not tell her about his condition. They walk through the streets and channels of Venice. They remember the happy times when they lived together, she in blissful ignorance of his terminal illness. He has to play a classic concert piece, recently discovered, but with no known composer, the 'Anonymous Venetian', in a concert hall. She finally realizes that she is still in love with him.
 
 
 
 
Anonimo Veneziano
 
 
 
 
FAUSTO PAPETTI
 
Anonimo Veneziano
 
 
 
 
 
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An ANONYMOUS VENETIAN
 
Theme Song

Anónimo Veneciano Banda Sonora original 

de la película Anonimo Veneziano (Stelvio Cipriani) 

 
 
 
 
 
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Florinda Bolkan
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An ANONYMOUS VENETIAN
 
HIGHLIGHTS
 
 
 
 
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MUSIC and MOVIE STILLS
 
From AN ANONYMOUS VENETIAN
 
Florinda Bolkan and Tony Musante
 
Venice Italy






FINAL SCENES

Venice







TONY MUSANTE

In VENICE




 
 
 
 
 
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TONY MUSANTE
 
RIP
 
 
 
 
 
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MANGIA ITALIANO
 
by Daniel Bellino "Z"
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Music From An Anonymous Venetian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Gorgeous FLORINDA BOLKAN
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Piazza San Marco
 
as Portrayed by CANALETTO


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CAFFE FLORIAN
 
Piazza San Marco
 
Venice
 
 
 
 
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SUNDAY SAUCE
 
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke
 
 
 
 
 
 
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BOOKS & TIME

BOOKS




Pocket Watch

TIME?

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Monday, February 17, 2014

Sunday, February 16, 2014

In NEW YORK REGULAR COFFEE Is KING



Coffee and Cafes. Two things very near and dear to me. Million so others as well. In New York, we have the Best, “For getta bout it Seattle” !!! I remember 25 years ago and more when there were no Starbucks and just very few cafes in the hole city. More or less the only cafes were in Greenwich Village, Little Italy, and the East Village. There were hole neighborhoods, completely cafeless and if you wanted to go to one you had to go to the Village or Little Italy, nothing on the hole Upper East Side.
   Anyway, Coffee and Cafes are a huge thing these days and part of many a life.
Coffee and cafes, let me tell you about some of the best and my impressions. Hey, I’m a guy who has been frequenting cafes for years, each and every day, just about. I haven’t Jumped on the Band Wagon in the past 5 or ten years. I’ve been riding it for 30.
   Number “One,” in New York,  a good Cup of Joe is King, “Regular” not
Grande Caramel Latte and overpriced crap like that. Not the esoteric overpriced espresso, Cortado, Machiato, Blue Bottle, and Site Specific Coffee, and blends that try to break down and make too make of a good simple thing. You know what I mean. A “Cup of Joe,” is King. Used to be Five Cents at coffee shops all over the city. Well that’s going way back. Hey don’t get me wrong, I love Espresso, Espresso Machiatto, and the great Cortado they serve at Abraco. It’s just that I gotta tell you, a “Regular” is King and let’s hope it always will be.
   Abraco is utterly awesome. Maybe the Best Single tasting coffee in town, is their Cortado. Man it’s tasty. Just out of this world. But I have some problems with Abraco, as I’m not someone to pay a Premium for what I call “Hit and Run Coffee”
What is “Hit and Run Coffee” you ask? Well, let me tell you. Hit and Run Coffee is a coffee that you get at places like Caffeteria, Abraco, Third Rail Coffee, and tiny little Coffee Bars that have little or no chairs and tables and maybe just a small counter space for standing. Listen, I’m not in the habit of paying  $3.50, $4.50 or “More” for a cup of coffee, having to stand at a counter, drinking it in short time and leaving. Ending up $5.00 or more less in my pockets. Well you may think, “What’s $5.00?” Right? What’s Five Dollars? Imagine if you have 5 $5.00 coffees a week for one year. Do you know how much money that adds up to? Relax, I’ll do the Math for you. That’s $1,300 my friends. No small sum? Multiply that by 5 years and you’re talking $6,500, or by Ten Years and we’re talking $13,000. That’s a lot of Friggin Cash my friends. Hey I’m not saying you should not go out and have coffee. I do all the time. Heck, on my days off, I sometimes end up in cafes three times in one day.  I spend about $1,508 a year on coffee, $7,500 in five years or about $15,000 in ten. That’s a lot. But I get a lot. Heck, I used to spend about $2,200 a year on coffee,  $10, 000 or more in 5, or about $20,000 in ten years. But I have cut back. I’ve seen the light. I hardly ever spend $5.00 on a coffee any more. All I need is the $2.00 variety. A good honest “Cup of Joe,” a “Regular.” And I need to get my money’s worth. If I just wanted a good cup can easily make a great one in my house for just “15 Cents a Cup,” but I go and have one at a Café for 15 times that amount. Why? The extra $2.35 I pay for the coffee plus tip, is to be able to “Sit” down and relax in a nice pleasant atmosphere. I’m not gonna pay 27 times ($3.75 Average price coffee at Upscale Coffee Bar) to stand at a counter and not being able to sit down and relax. At home I can  make a tasty cup of Coffee from the Highest Quality Coffee money can buy with the coffee I buy at  “Porto Rico Coffee” on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, just a half block from my house. No, I pay all that extra money to sit in the pleasant environment of a nice coffee. Also to see other people, maybe a friend or the possibility of meeting someone new and interesting. I read, I write, I hang with friends, I relax. I can not do that at a overpriced “Coffee Bar” that doesn’t have any place to sit.
  And speaking of Porto Rico Coffee, it mystifies me that people are so foolish as to pay $11.95 or more for a mass-produced commercial pound of Coffee from Starbucks instead of going to the “Best Coolest Place in Town” to be some of the World’s Finest Coffee at Porto Rico Coffee, people who have been doing this for more than 100 years, not 20. It just doesn’t make sense. By the way, the coffee I buy at Porto Rico is just $5.99 and $6.99 a pound, half the price of a pound of Starbucks Coffee.
   Anyway. It’s all up to you. I’ll  stick with my Regular “Cup of Joe” with a Espresso and Cappucino thrown in here and there, and as a special treat a Cortado from Abraco every now and then. And I’ll get to sit down and relax with my coffee each day, putting an extra $1,000 a year in my pocket, or Airfare and a few nice meals when I go on vaction. How bout you, “Hit and Run”and pay more, or Sit Down and Relax, Pay Less, Save, and put a Thousand Bucks a Year in your pockets, or $10,000 in ten ? 

by "DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE"


AMERICA'S GREATEST CAFE du Monde







Cafe Creme and Beignets









Cafe du Monde is without question America's Greatest Cafe ! Noone can compete .. They're been open 24/7 for more than 150 years and have sold millions of cups of coffee, millions more beignets and customers .. Cafe du Monde is a beloved New Orleans institution that opened its doors in 1862 and has been going strong ever since .. Their coffee is a New Orlenian Special of Chicory Coffee which is regular coffee beans mixed with roast chicory that was instituted during the Civil War and shortage of coffee, adding the chicory stretched out and lengthened the supply of coffee, the natived liked it and have stuck with it ..
Cafe du Monde has their own Chicory Coffee Brand that they seel in regular coffee tins .. The coffee is sold in speciality shops aroudn the country and around the world and is especially popular in Vietnamese restaurants in the U.S. of which 98% use Cafe du Monde Coffee to make their Vietnamese Hot and Iced Coffee ... 
Cafe du Monde is a "Must Do" when in New Orleans, "If you haven't been to Cafe du Monde" you haven't been to New Orleans .. Basta !



THE BEATLES






THE BEATLES
On THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
NEW YORK, NY
February 9, 1964



WATCH The BEATLES VIDEO

PLEASE PLEASE ME








BEATLES 50th ANNIVERSARY
of
ED SULLIVAN
APPEARANCE



It was 50 Years Ago Today ! "No Seargent Pepper didn't teach the Band to play .. Well not yet anyway. That came a few years later .. 50 years ago today the Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show for one of, if not the greatest moments in Rock-N-Roll History .. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, The Fab Four as they later came to be called, were a sensation in England and Euorope when 







SUNDAY SAUCE "Press Release"













PRESS RELEASE 
SUNDAY SAUCE



For immediate release
New York, NY  (Greenwich Village)

Mobster Recipe Book to Hit the Shelves


Daniel Bellino-Zwicke is not afraid to spill the beans on secret sauces in his new book, SUNDAY SAUCE  “When Italian-Americans Cook.” Fans of The Godfather will be pleased to know that of the several Italian-American dishes covered in the book, the Clemenza Sunday Sauce “Gravy” made famous by Al Pacino is included.
SUNDAY SAUCE: When Italian-Americans Cook is available now in paperback and on Kindle from the Amazon store.
With more than 25 years experience as a Chef and Wine Director in some of New York’s most renowned restaurants, including; Del Posto, Barbetta, Odeon,  Corrado, Daniel Bellino-Zwicke has delighted foodies and gastronomic adventurers with the book. Many of the meals that make Italian-American so famous as a food genre within its own right are there: Sausage & Peppers, Pasta Fazool (Pasta & Bean Soup), Spaghetti & Meatballs, Meatball Parm Sandwiches, Sunday Sauce aka Gravy, Mussels Marinara, and many more.
If you have ever wondered How to make Clemenza's Sauce, you’ll find the secret here, alongside recipes for Sinatra's Meatball Sunday Sauce and Mamma DiMagio’s Sunday Gravy (Joe DiMaggio’s Mother), as well as Goodfellas Veal & Peppers.
Daniel Bellino Zwicke lives and works in New York City where he has been a wine and restaurant professional for more than 25 years. The renowned creator of Bar Cichetti "America's First Venetian Wine Bar," Daniel worked hands-on as the chef, Wine Director
and managing-partner. Daniel has also authored “La TAVOLA, The Feast of the 7 Fish,” "Italian Christmas" and “Got Any Kahlua?” “The Collected Recipes of The Dude” and he is currently working on a new cookbook, yet to be named ... Daniel is one of America's foremost authorities on the subject of Italian Wine.

Sundays are very important in Italian-American culture. It’s a time when all the family comes together to celebrate over a meal. With recipes that have become synonymous with Italian-American with entertainers and movie stars in many an epic movie over the years, the recipes included in this book will make that Sunday even more memorable.

Author:  Daniel Bellino-Zwicke




Website/Author page:  http://daniel-bellino-zwicke.com/

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